WINTHROP — Applications are being accepted by the Winthrop Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce for the 25th annual Winthrop Sidewalk Art Festival. The festival will be held, rain or shine, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, downtown.

WINSLOW — Winslow High School senior class will host live pro wrestling Friday, April 13, in the Winslow High School gymnasium. Doors will open at 7 p.m. and show will start at 7:30 p.m.

MADISON — The Relay for Life D & D’s Dream Team will hold a couponing class fundraiser at 6 p.m. Friday, April 27, at Madison Elementary School, 43 Learners Lane. Two certified educators will conduct interactive lessons on how to use coupons everyday to save money on family needs. Cost is $15.

WATERVILLE — The following area students were recently named to 2012 fall semester dean’s list at Colby College.

PITTSFIELD — The Pittsfield Public Library recently added more than three dozen new DVDs to the collection because of a generous donation from Jill McGowan, Inc., a Portland fashion design company owned by Jill McGowan, a Pittsfield native.

FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington Writers Guild and the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program will present Ira Sukrungruang as the next author in UMF’s 2011-12 Visiting Writers Series. Sukrungruang will read from his work at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the UMF Olsen Student Center.

WATERVILLE — A special Easter service and Baptism will be at 10 a.m. Sunday at Second Baptist Church, 172 Water St.

WATERVILLE — The Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderer’s will hold it’s annual yard sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 5.

NEWPORT, R.I. — Alyssa Davis of Benton was recently named to the dean’s list for the 2011 fall semester at Salve Regina University. Davis is a sophomore majoring in nursing.

VINTON, Iowa — Emma Prichard, originally from Belgrade, has joined 220 individuals from across the U.S. in Vinton, Iowa, where they are devoting the next 10 months to giving back to communities in the north central region.